Maximizing Value Through Landfill Mining: Opportunities and Considerations
The application of the Brownfield Opportunity Matrix to landfills reveals the potential for viable landfill mining, addressing wider value drivers such as service provision, economic benefits, and environmental restoration. Decision outcomes indicate the varying viability of landfill mining based on wider regeneration considerations. The additional value from wider services emphasizes the importance of maximizing restoration value and optimizing non-landfill mining restoration for revenue generation opportunities.
- Landfill Mining
- Brownfield Opportunity Matrix
- Value Drivers
- Environmental Restoration
- Revenue Generation
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Applying the Brownfield Opportunity Matrix to landfills Paul Bardos, r3 environmental technology ltd Presented at the RAWFILL final conference, December 10, 2020. www.r3 environmental.com 1
Rawfill: Cedalion and Orion DSTs is landfill mining viable? Screening objectives : first indications on opportunities & urgency and most of all inspiring users to get started www.r3 environmental.com 2
Decision Outcomes Landfill mining may be viable in the future Landfill mining is viable / required Landfill mining is not viable Cedalion Tool However, wider regeneration considerations a a site may affect the outcome: adding or subtracting value. The BOM addresses these wider considerations. www.r3 environmental.com 3
Wider value drivers: from the point of view of services provided from a site Services Rsk Mitigation of contaminated soil and groundwater - Regulation Service Water Resource Improvement - Regulation Services Provision of Green Infrastructure - Support and Cultural Services Mitigation of Human-Induced Climate Change - Regulation Service Socio Economic Benefits - Cultural Services Soil Improvement - Support Service Biosphere (Including protection of human health) Water Resource Efficiency and Quality Enhancing Ecosystem Services Amenity - Recreation and Tourism Renewable Energy Generation Soil Fertility Flood and Capacity Management Renewable Material Generation Water Resources (Hydrosphere) Enhancing Local Environment Soil Structure Economic Assets Water Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Rehabilitation Credit r3 Colombia www.r3 environmental.com 4
Additional value from wider services Landfill mining proceeds Wider services from the brownfield surface during and after mining Landfill mining creates consequent wider values on a site Maximising restoration value deliverable during interim use Optimising non landfill mining restoration Landfill mining is enabled Landfill mining is delayed Landfill mining does not proceed www.r3 environmental.com 5
What Value can These Deliver? Revenue Generation Opportunity eg: Renewable Energy Natural Capital/ Ecological services eg: Cleaner water Cultural Capital eg: Public amenity Economic Capital - Tangibles eg: uplift in surrounding property values, local taxation revenues Economic Capital - Intangibles eg: improvement of public health / social cohesion; reputational benefits Credit r3 Colombia www.r3 environmental.com 6
Function of the Brownfield Opportunity Matrix To identify what sorts of interventions (e.g. risk management., soil management etc) can deliver what services, and identify opportunities for value creation across scenarios with or without landfill mining or over an interim period Categories of intervention Gentle Remediation Options Conventional Remediation Options Soil Management Activities Water Management Activities Implementing Green Infrastructure Renewables Sustainable Land Planning and Development www.r3 environmental.com 7
BOM Description Services Value (coluor code) Interventions Upper Half: Outline Contributes strongly and directly It provides some benefits directly and / or indirectly Can contribute or be detrimental (site-specific circumstances, management / design) Without influence (complementary intervention) May be antagonistic (without proper management / design and mitigation) Bottom Half: Link to eg Dot = link to Spanish eg Credit r3 Colombia www.r3 environmental.com 8
Origin The BOM is originally an output of FP7 Project no.: 265097, HOMBRE, Holistic Management of Brownfield Regeneration www.zerobrownfields.eu A range of other brownfields regeneration tools can be found on this platform, although long term hosting is called into question www.r3 environmental.com 9
How you find BOM www.r3 environmental.com 10
Concluding points Not all landfills are immediate landfill mining prospects Whether or not landfill mining takes place the value creation from the landfill as a brownfield site should be maximised, considering not just built re-uses Rawfill recognises this The Cedalion and Orion dashboard points its users to supporting tools such as the BOM to assist users in maximising opportunities for value from landfill sites. www.r3 environmental.com 11
